Owners of an electrical equipment recycling plant at the Port of Coeymans said Friday that the facility, which has been ordered by the state to halt operations until it gets appropriate permits, has not been processing equipment that contains PCBs.

TCI of New York "is not draining transformers or separating PCBs at the Coyemans site. Our operations there have been limited to collecting equipment for transit to other facilities out of state," the company said in a statement.

"As a result, we have directed them to discontinue operations until the registration and permit modifications are issued," said DEC spokeswoman Lisa King. "DEC verbally directed TCI to discontinue operations until the registration and permit modifications are issued. Whether we pursue enforcement action for operating without the proper permits in place is under review."

TCI said the company "notified DEC in mid-May that we were setting up at the port. We then invited DEC to tour the facility and sought consultations with them about what is needed to operate there both now and, potentially, in the future ... We have not operated without permits. DEC requested that an existing permit be modified — that paperwork has been filed. DEC also requested we register our operations at Coeymans."

The company moved to the port after losing its plant in Ghent, Columbia County, to a speculator overnight fire last Aug. 1-2.